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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Books 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chad ask Strether in Book 5?
(a) How much money his mother has.
(b) What he wants for dinner.
(c) What his mother really thinks of Chad.
(d) Whether he is afraid of Madame de Vionnet.

2. How does Miss Gostrey know Madame de Vionnet?
(a) They worked at a café together.
(b) Miss Gostrey is Madame de Vionnet's sister-in-law.
(c) They attended school together.
(d) They used to be best friends.

3. What does Strether tell Miss Gostrey about Bilham in Book 3?
(a) He has made a friend of him.
(b) He finds him immature.
(c) He is very wealthy.
(d) He suspects he is a criminal.

4. What does Strether tell Madame de Vionnet in Book 6?
(a) She is perfect.
(b) She is not as attractive as her mother.
(c) She is too tall.
(d) She is an angel of light.

5. Where does Strether speak with Mamie in Book 9?
(a) In Bilham's apartment.
(b) In a café.
(c) In Miss Gostrey's apartment.
(d) In Sarah Pocock's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Waymarsh from?

2. What does Jim think about his wife?

3. Who sits in between Strether and Waymarsh in Book 3?

4. What does Mrs. Newsome write to Strether in Book 7?

5. Who does Strether find at Mrs. Pocock's salon in Book 8?

(see the answer key)

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